Cake or pie pan



UNITED STATES MARIA LITTLETON,

ePATENT OFFicE.

OF SANDUSKY, OHIO.

CAKE on PIE PAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 386.077. dated July 10, 1888.

Application filed November 2. 1887. Serial Nofzt'rum. (No moth-Ll The object of my Invention is to provide a convenient an useful device for removing The projections are made size and form of the pan.

cakes and pies from the pans in which they are baked without breaking or spoiling them.

The sides of the pan and bot-tom rim consist of one piece of metal pressed to the desired shape-that is, so pressed as to make a perfeet pan. when the false or removable bottom is in position. false or removable bottom rests, is from onehaltineh to one inch wide. The false or removable bottom is made to exactly fit the inside of the pan, and rests on the bottom rim,

as aforesaid. when the false or removable bottom is in position, it is fastened by two projections and one spring-arm. projections are produced by making a dent on the outside of the side or collar of the pan. leaving just space enough between the inward projections thus made and the bottom rim or flange to insert the false or removable bottom. from four to five inches apart, more or less.) according to the The spring'arm is made of wire and soldered or riveted to the outside of the pan at a point nearly opposite a poiuthalf-way between said projections. A hole the size of the wire used in the spring is punched in the side or collar of the pan at a point directly opposite a point half-way between said projections, leaving just space enough between it and the bottom rim or flange for the false or removable bottom. One'end of tl etspringarm "is bent to form a pin, which is i'nserted inythe hole aforesaid, and when so i'nsertedh'olds the false or removable bottom in position.

The bottom rim,ou which the The The mode of operation is as follows: To place the false or removable bottom in position, insert it between the inward projections and the bottom rim or flange and let it fall to place; then pass the loose end of the springarm into the hole aforesaid. To remove the false or removable bottom, withdraw the loose end of the spring arm from t-hehule in the side or collar of the pan and pass it to the bottom of the pan and lift on center of false or re movable bottom from underneath.

The accompanying drawings show different parts of the invention described in this specifieatiou.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of pan ready for use. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of onehalf of pan.

Parts marked with letter a are the inward projections. 1' r Part marked with letter b is spring arm.

Part marked with letter 0 is false or removable bot-tom.

Part marked with letter d is side or collar of the pan.

In using this pic and cake pan much time .is saved in removing the pie or'cake without movable bottom.

'- I claim as my invention- A bake-pan consisting of a side having an inwardly-projecting flange, inward projeca spring-arm whose loose end passes through said opening, in combination with a removable bottom. Y

tions.-and an opening above said flange, and

breaking, thereby avoiding the trouble expe- I rieueed in using the ordinary pan'without re- 

